Al-Baghdadi’s Death Won’t Staunch Terrorist Moves in Africa
- Islamic State regrouping in Sahel region on Sahara’s fringe
- Terrorists want to create safe havens to plan more attacks
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Islamic State leader Abu Bakr Al-Baghdadi is dead, but the militant’s followers are still regrouping and spreading their ideology across remote patches of Africa.
In the Sahel region, the arid band on the southern fringe of the Sahara Desert that stretches through some of Africa’s poorest and least-governed countries, Islamic State followers are launching attacks against government forces. U.S. officials point to the Sahel as one of the biggest concerns in their counterterrorism campaign.